filePro on a PDA or Tablet type Computer

[Brian K. White]

Robert Haussmann wrote:
>> I have  THREE  customers constantly asking me when is
>> filePro going to work on there handheld PDA's of various
>> sizes and operating systems, Pocket pc or Windows CE?
>> Is filePro working on a tiny, lightweight app.that will
>> work/run in one of those enviroments?  I told the
>> customers I would ask the list and see what happens.
>> Has anybody on the list had any success in this area?
>> I just bought a  2 GIG SD memory stick, that fits in
>> my Toshiba, Thera PDA,  more than enough space to handle
>> an fp app.
>
> Wayne--depends on what you want to do, but the basic
> answer is "yes".  We have filePro (or fileProODBC)
> x.0.13 running on Tablet PC's (specifically Compaq)
> running XP Tablet edition.  No issues to report.
>
> Windows CE gets more tricky.  You need a DOS emulator.
> We tried this about two years about on an iPaq pocket
> PC running Windows CE.  We found a DOS emulator that
> would include a small amount of expanded memory.  As such,
> we were able to get filePro 4.0 running (although it was
> not very usable, given the screen resolution).  Anything
> higher than 4.0 requires extended memory (I think) which
> our emulator didn't support (and I never found one that
> did, though I stopped looking).
>
> Hope this helps...

And when I did the same thing earlier on a Jornada, I also noted that the
emulator ran slow as a dog, made the pda get really hot, and used up the
battery in under an hour that usually lasted about 8. It's value was purely
as a coversation piece to bring to the company christmas party/dinner to
show the father of filepro. :)

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